I run a Taoist temple in a bizarre world.

Chapter 17 Chen Hao is acting strangely, and Yu Xun is still acting strangely.

In the present world, at Chi Le's home.

"It's not even that cold today, how can you sneeze?"

Having returned to the real world, Chi Le got out of bed and rubbed his itchy nose, asking in confusion.

"Could it be that someone is eyeing me?"

"Besides Yu Xun, I can't think of anyone else. It shouldn't be a big deal."

After a brief moment of reflection, Chi Le realized that her social circle was not very large.

The only person he could think of who would care about him was Yu Xun.

After getting out of bed, Chi Le did not go to the window and draw back the curtains as usual.

Instead, they turned on the room lights and checked if the door was closed tightly and if the curtains were fully drawn.

He now has something he doesn't want others to know about, something he wants to do in this strange world, and he wants to verify it.

"After the Qingshan Temple was renovated, they said I could directly enter the Qingshan Temple."

That's right, Chi Le is now going to try to see if he can directly enter Qingshan Temple in the present world.

If he succeeds, he won't have to wait until night to rely on sleep to reach the bizarre world.

With a thought, wisps of light white mist appeared out of thin air in front of Chi Le.

The fog swirled together, gradually increasing in volume and becoming thicker.

Finally, an ancient wooden door shrouded in white mist appeared two steps in front of him.

Squeak.

Chi Le pushed open the wooden door, and a strong, woody scent, reminiscent of incense, wafted into her nose.

The statues of immortals and gods sit regally on a high platform, with incense smoke curling from the offering table.

As he stepped inside, his pajamas instantly transformed into a loose, dark Taoist robe.

The abbot of Qingshan Temple returned to his Taoist temple.

"It seems there's no problem coming directly from the present world to the bizarre world."

Chi Le walked out of the main hall of Qingshan Temple and came to the open space inside the temple.

In the distance, along the mountain ridge, the pale, round sun is slowly rising.

Unlike yesterday, when I could only catch a fleeting glimpse of the strange world's daytime scenery due to time constraints, this was different.

There is no time limit for this pool performance.

He even brought out a chair and sat down comfortably.

"I have to say, if there were no thick fog at night, and no evil spirits or demons, this would be a great place to retire."

Chi Le squinted his eyes, intending to take a nap in the morning sunlight, but the commotion at the mountain gate made him open his eyes.

Who is it so early in the morning?!

"Abbot, what...what are you doing here?"

Chen Hao stood outside the door, looking incredulous, before quickly realizing what had happened and apologizing.

"No, Abbot, that's not what I meant. The temple is yours, so of course you can stay at Qingshan Temple."

"I just didn't expect to meet you in person."

Chen Hao was clearly nervous in front of Chi Le, and his words were somewhat incoherent.

"What is it?"

Chi Le got up from the chair.

He's the kind of person who, if he's woken up when he's about to fall asleep, finds it very difficult to fall back asleep.

Upon hearing Chi Le's words, Chen Hao quickly bowed and clasped his hands in greeting.

"We agreed yesterday that I would come to offer incense to you every morning, Master. I... I came to offer incense to the statues of the gods and immortals."

Chi Le blinked and looked at Chen Hao.

It seems that such a thing does exist.

Although Chen Hao couldn't see Chi Le's face, for some reason, his eyes felt a little itchy.

So he blinked too.

"it is good."

Chi Le gave a brief reply, and then added one more sentence at the end.

"Do as you please from now on, don't worry about me."

Chen Hao nodded repeatedly, stepped into the main hall, and quickly completed the tasks of lighting incense, paying respects to the gods, and offering incense.

After offering incense, Chen Hao walked to the mountain gate, then turned back and stood in front of Chi Le again.

He pressed down on the hem of his clothes with both hands, rubbing them somewhat awkwardly.

Seeing Chen Hao's awkward posture, Chi Le asked.

"Is there anything else?"

As soon as Chi Le opened his mouth, Chen Hao immediately waved his hand and said no, taking a few steps back.

Perhaps thinking about the consequences of not speaking out, Chen Hao stopped and his eyes hardened.

"Master, I...I would like to ask you for some lamp oil as well."

"Didn't we already take it last night? A whole jar of lamp oil was used up in one night?"

"No, it's not all used up. It's just that my... my friend accidentally spilled some lamp oil. Knowing that I was coming to the Taoist temple to offer incense, he asked me to ask you for a jar of lamp oil."

Chi Le didn't think much of it. With a flick of his wrist, a jar of [Spirit-Controlling Lamp Oil] appeared in his palm.

"Give."

Chen Hao bowed repeatedly, expressing his deepest gratitude, as he accepted the lamp oil.

"Thank you... thank you, Abbot!"

Chi Le looked at Chen Hao, feeling that something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Until Chen Hao's figure completely disappeared at the end of the mountain road.

He couldn't figure it out either.

"Never mind, I'll just go back to sleep."

Chi Le doesn't intend to delve into questions he can't answer.

The most important thing right now is to seize the sleepiness that has finally returned!

Back in the real world, Chi Le climbed into bed, eager to drift off to sleep.

The damn phone rang.

I picked up my phone and took a look.

[Yu Xun]

Chi Le hung up the phone decisively. She was still very sleepy, so it didn't matter!

jingle……

hang up.

Ding……

hang up.

Ring, ring...

Chi Le answered the phone and preemptively struck.

"Yu Xun, if you don't give me an explanation today that can save you from the death penalty, I'm not done with you yet."

"What's going on? It's so late, why aren't you up yet?"

You have two more chances.

"Stop fooling around, I have something serious to tell you."

"one."

Chi Le, whose finger was already on the bright red end call button, paused.

"I've got news about Old Wang, do you want to hear it?"

……

"So, what happened to Old Wang?"

It was 8 p.m., outside a barbecue restaurant in a bustling downtown area.

Chi Le held a skewer of lamb, munching on it while waiting for Yu Xun to speak.

"Wait a minute, let me ask you something first."

Chi Le didn't speak, but raised her head towards Yu Xun, gesturing for him to ask.

"Did you go to Old Wang's house yesterday?"

Chi Le nodded.

"You've seen all the things in his house, haven't you?"

Chi Le paused for a moment and then asked.

"You went to Old Wang's house too?"

"Well...yes, after finishing the task the director added at the last minute, I went to Old Wang's house."

Chi Le nodded, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

"No, I'm asking you a question now! Have you seen anything Old Wang left behind?"

"...Yeah, I glanced at most of them."

Chi Le paused for a moment, as if thinking about what exactly she had seen.

"Okay, you should have seen what's written on those papers."

Yu Xun's words sounded less like a question and more like a statement of fact.

However, Chi Le had no intention of hiding it and readily admitted it.

Yu Xun continued.

"That thing was probably written by Lao Wang when he had nothing else to do."

"Do you remember when I told you about Old Wang's dream?"

"I knew that old guy wanted to write a novel, and look, he's even put together a concept art book."

Yu Xun's smile seemed forced, at least in Chi Le's eyes, as if he were hiding something.

Could it be that he also knows about the bizarre world?

Or perhaps you've actually entered a bizarre world?

Chi Le stared at the skewers in his hand, remaining silent for a long time.

A commotion arose from the crowd in the distance.

Yu Xun seemed unable to bear Chi Le's silence any longer, and stood up to look at the crowd that was gradually gathering in the distance.

"Shall we go see what's happening over there?"

Yu Xun suggested that he really didn't want to stay there any longer.

He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would expose something. His elder brother had instructed him not to reveal anything to ordinary people.

Watching the excitement is in the nature of every Da Xia person, and Chi Le is no exception.

"OK."